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GreenScoutII
12-19-2009, 22:01
So, as I am typing this, my wife is subjecting me to one of the worst movies of all time. Mama Mia. Its a musical! WTF!!!???!!! Who the hell wants to watch a stupid-assed musical? More so than that, what kind of sick company would put such crap into the livingroom of a red blooded American male? Netflix, thats who...
Fortunately, I thought of an alternative: ManFlix
Yes, with Manflix we would never be subjected to this crap again.
No romantic comedies
No romance movies of any kind
No retarded tear jerkers.
Most especially, NO FRIGGIN' MUSICALS!!!
With Manflix every movie would have at least two of the following:
Stunning special effects
Fist fights
Chuck Norris
Ass Whoopins
Car chases
Robots
Arnold Schwartzeneggor
Cyborgs
Explosions
Clint Eastwood
Hot naked chicks
Gun Fights
Bruce Willis
Sword Fights
Hot naked chicks
Other cool man approved stuff and naked chicks. Explosions too.
What do you think fellas? I think we have a billion dollar industry on our hands here. Its good to be a man. We should celebrate it with movies worth watching. Well, with movies worth watching and shooting guns...
No more Netflix. Too much stupid chick crap...
Rant Over.....
Never saw "Oklahoma" did You? or an Ester Williams film...
While I agree in principle with where You are going with it.. Being an old film buff,, I do have to say,, There are a few musicals out there that can be considered "guy films"...
I'm not saying anything of recent vintage,, most of it is crap anyway..
ETA: "Paint your wagon" Lee Marvin sings,, Clint should have been dubbed,, but on the whole,, Win/win
Troublco
12-19-2009, 22:14
1 - I feel your pain! I made it clear to my wife a LOOONNNNNGGGGGGG time ago that I would NOT be joining her to watch musicals like this. I usually don't stay in the room for a standard chick flick. I retreat to the man cave along with my dog and marinate in as much testosterone as I can muster watching action flicks to try to counteract what's going on upstairs.
2 - Would you have The Man Show on DVD? I'd do it just for that! Otherwise, if a flick had gratuitous violence, hot naked chicks, shooting, and explosions it would work for me.
3. I think it's high time that guys be allowed to be guys. Too much PC crap out there and let's face it, being PC means having your nuts cut off. No PC, No Musicals, and No Chick Flicks (unless you have an ulterior motive and are successful in the pursuit of same, which is a get out of jail free card. You know what I'm talking about....)
I think I'll watch some Mad Max now!
And I do have some culture. It involves important things, like good beer, good scotch, good food, and fine firearms.
wait no paint your wagons... its clint eastwood
Troublco
12-19-2009, 22:55
OK, I have to mention that my wife just braved the Man Cave and happened to hear me chuckling about this post. After she inquired about the subject, and I told her, she named off nearly half of the criteria for good guy films without looking at the post. Then she laughed as she went back upstairs. Yessir, I knew she was a keeper when she gave me that 1911 our first Christmas together!
GreenscoutII - You know it'll take at least two good guy films to counteract what you were forced to endure...
Oh, and I read Marlin's post and she said it sounded, uh, 'unmanly'. Actually the word she used was three letters, and started with G. Sorry, Marlin...
mine asked if it would be ok if we watched transormers 2 on the way home from meeting up with you as she had not seen it yet.
That's okay,, Few James Cagney Musicals also,, Guess He's a little "unmanly" also?
[ROFL1]
Oh yeah,, John Wayne did a few "singing cowboy" movies in the 30's... [Tooth]
Troublco
12-19-2009, 23:29
Most especially, NO FRIGGIN' MUSICALS!!!
Hmmmm.....it does seem to be in the criteria. NO, as in, NONE, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, NIL, NOT ONE. So it seems to me that to participate in ManFlix and retain your ManCard, ol' Jimmy would qualify to not qualify. And I don't recall EVER seeing the Duke doing something like that. Sets the standard, I think. Also, no Chuck Norris, or Bruce Willis, or Steven Seagal, or Arnie, or even Clint doing such a thing. Now, this isn't to say that Jimmy Cagney never made any good movies. He just made some that were questionable....
Troublco
12-19-2009, 23:31
Let's see here....Singing Cowboy, versus little short guy wearing a tux bounding around on stage with a bunch of other guys, also wearing tuxes. No contest. Especially since the Duke did his way up front in his career, and ol' Jimmy did his later.
You boys just need to broaden your horizons...... That's all I'm sayin'...[Muaha]
Jimmy was originally a song and dance man.... That's how He got into show biz.....
Troublco
12-19-2009, 23:38
Let's see here....Singing Cowboy, versus little short guy wearing a tux bounding around on stage with a bunch of other guys, also wearing tuxes. No contest. Especially since the Duke did his way up front in his career, and ol' Jimmy did his later.
In fact, it makes me think of the dance scene in Blazing Saddles....
palepainter
12-19-2009, 23:39
You are potentially onto something. Manflix has a good marketing ring to it. Being the only male creature in my house, I need to have plenty of ass kicking, gun toting, boob bobbling flicks when ever I can.
A little over the top.. But,, yeah...
Don't get Me totally wrong,, personally "Chick flicks" are good for one thing,,,,, Targets...
theGinsue
12-19-2009, 23:45
Never saw "Oklahoma" did You? or an Ester Williams film...
<Edited for brevity>
ETA: "Paint your wagon" Lee Marvin sings,, Clint should have been dubbed,, but on the whole,, Win/win
I love Paint Your Wagon. I have the soundtrack & listen to it on my drive to elk camp every year.
And I do have some culture. It involves important things, like good beer, good scotch, good food, and fine firearms.
You forgot a good cigar (a pipe will work too).
mine asked if it would be ok if we watched transormers 2 on the way home from meeting up with you as she had not seen it yet.
Transformers 2; haven't seen it yet, but understand that Meagan Fox is a hottie in it.
Oh yeah,, John Wayne did a few "singing cowboy" movies in the 30's... [Tooth]
Yup, billed as "Singing Sandy"
“Git yourself another singin’ cowboy,” the tall, handsome actor angrily informed movie magnate Herbert J. Yates. “I ain’t gonna do it no more!” The speaker was John Wayne. He had been cast as “Singing Sandy” for several years in a series of “B” westerns produced at Lone Star-Monogram. Wayne, who couldn’t carry a tune, had his voice dubbed by Smith Ballew. At first he went along with the casting as a gag, but unfortunately the idea had caught on. During personal appearances he often found himself backed into a corner by fans shouting to him to sing a song. Wayne got fed up. When Monogram and several other small independent production companies sold out to Yates in 1935 to form Republic Pictures, the rangy actor told the boss to get himself another crooner. When Wayne made his first western for Republic, “Westward Ho”, it was strictly action fare.
Troublco
12-19-2009, 23:47
You boys just need to broaden your horizons...... That's all I'm sayin'...[Muaha]
I feel like my horizons are pretty broad. Blonde, Brunette, Redhead (that takes care of the Hot Naked Chick category, AND the broad category! [ROFL1]), Explosions (There is no problem that cannot be solved by the proper application of High Explosive), Fist Fights (Marquis of Queensbury takes into account the Foreign influence), Sword Fights (Lot of training in being able to properly wield a long knife), Gun Fights (Only one Matthew Quigley, or else they wouldn't have had to import him from the states), Cyborgs AND robots (There's the tech angle), Car chases (the best ones are in the city, unless it was Mad Max. Foreign influence AND metropolitan appeal), Chuck, Arnie, Bruce, Clint(?), and I'm adding the Duke (Broad range of actors!), and lastly more Hot Naked Chicks because more is always better. Like good beer, good pizza, and good friends, ALL OF WHICH go well with ManFlix.
Damn, I like this idea. Way to go, GreenScoutII!!!
GreenScoutII
12-19-2009, 23:47
You are potentially onto something. Manflix has a good marketing ring to it. Being the only male creature in my house, I need to have plenty of ass kicking, gun toting, boob bobbling flicks when ever I can.
Me too! I have a wife and four daughters. Even the dog is neutered (sorry about that boy).. I'm drowning in estrogen.
This is why I had such a good time at the steel prairie dog match today. Not only is it always fun to go shoot, but nobody broke out into spontanious tears, no one wanted to talk about their feelings, and no one got ridiculously mad over nothing.
I think heaven must be a lot like a rifle range except with naked chicks...
Troublco
12-19-2009, 23:49
You forgot a good cigar (a pipe will work too).
You, Sir, are absolutely correct. I was remiss to not include my favorite pipe.
GreenScoutII
12-19-2009, 23:50
Marlin...
You're a fellow construction guy, so I'm going to give you a pass...
But seriously man, you just admitted to liking musicals on an AR-15 board... Ummm..
Just messing with you...[ROFL1]
Troublco
12-19-2009, 23:54
I think heaven must be a lot like a rifle range except with naked chicks...
Except in Heaven, you could have beer too, without the safety issues...
And don't forget the pipe! (Or cigar.)
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin.
I figure I'm man enough to admit it...[Weight]
Dancing girls in skimpy costumes,, Hell yeah.... Most of them are very flexible....
GreenScoutII
12-19-2009, 23:59
Except in Heaven, you could have beer too, without the safety issues...
And don't forget the pipe! (Or cigar.)
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin.
Good points! Yes, in heaven, I can't imagine that a guy couldn't safely mix guns and booze.
Yes, God does love us and beer is good. Wait, aren't those the lyrics to a country song?
Troublco
12-20-2009, 00:07
A little over the top.. But,, yeah...
Don't get Me totally wrong,, personally "Chick flicks" are good for one thing,,,,, Targets...
See, now you're talkin'....
theGinsue
12-20-2009, 00:14
I figure I'm man enough to admit it...
Dancing girls in skimpy costumes,, Hell yeah.... Most of them are very flexible....
Mmmm. Reminds me of Carrie Fisher circa 1983 as Princess Leia in the Dancing Girl/Slave outfit. OH YEAH!
[Muaha]
That was a Nuns outfit compared to some of those production numbers..
I think in a few of them, They were pushing the envelope of the Hays code a bit...[WooHoo]
MichiganMilitia
12-20-2009, 01:25
Even the dog is neutered (sorry about that boy).. I'm drowning in estrogen.
This is why I had such a good time at the steel prairie dog match today. Not only is it always fun to go shoot, but nobody broke out into spontanious tears, no one wanted to talk about their feelings, and no one got ridiculously mad over nothing.
LOL[ROFL3][ROFL3][ROFL3]
Great-Kazoo
12-20-2009, 08:46
Chuck Norris, or Bruce Willis, or Steven Seagal, or Arnie, or even Clint doing such a thing.
Bruce in Hudson (FLOP) Hawk
Clint did sing in paint your wagon.
brush up on movie trivia b4 you speaketh.
So the signing in Blazing Saddles, or High Anxeity would be a no go? you should check out the Mel Brooks Movie soundtrack album he put out decades ago.
Oklahoma is interesting/entertaining in its own way.
same for Yankee Doodle Dandy. Cagney was in vaudville for a short time, till crossing over into the silver screen.My mom's grandfather and uncle, had performed with Cagney in NY vaudville a few times. He was known as an experienced "hoofer" (dancer) for you kids.
IF you want real MANFLIX movies/shows upgrade your cable/satellite so you can have SPIKES TV 24/7
and as mentioned before early (pre hayes act/censorsing) you could see lots of women whos upper extremities were very visible through their shear tops.
Myrna Loy (the Thin Man)
Maureene O'Sullivan (tarzan) look on line and see if you can find the "swimming scene" and both her and johnny weismueller are naked in 1934 TARZAN AND HIS MATE I believe this is the one. her clothing coverage is to say minimal
Mae West
Hmmmm.....it does seem to be in the criteria. NO, as in, NONE, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, NIL, NOT ONE. So it seems to me that to participate in ManFlix and retain your ManCard, ol' Jimmy would qualify to not qualify. And I don't recall EVER seeing the Duke doing something like that. Sets the standard, I think. Also, no Chuck Norris, or Bruce Willis, or Steven Seagal, or Arnie, or even Clint doing such a thing. Now, this isn't to say that Jimmy Cagney never made any good movies. He just made some that were questionable....
Clint was in paint your wagons a musical
DeusExMachina
12-20-2009, 12:13
After a couple months, Netflix no longer has anything interesting to watch on Instant. Just garbage. So thats why I'm done until they have their entire library there, and a Instant-only price plan.
newracer
12-20-2009, 12:22
Blues Brothers could be considered a musical, just say'n.
I'm all about movies that aren't terrible and cliche. I can hardly even stand most of the stuff they play on Spike TV because it hurts my brain to watch.
Clint did sing in paint your wagon.
brush up on movie trivia b4 you speaketh.
Re-read it Jim,, Said Clint should have been dubbed...
Read b4 you typeth...
GunTroll
12-20-2009, 18:57
Just got to say. I'm down!
I'm no gay basher or hater but I choose to pass on men on men scenes too, so if you drop all titles that have those type of scenes then I'm in. A title that pops to mine that was a total surprise was the Alexander movie with Collin Farrel in it a few years back. First GAY scene and I was out of there. And you think they called it an action movie! EEEEH!
ETA. Fixed it for you STU.
How would you know? Sounds like you left to me.
Troublco
12-20-2009, 19:48
Just got to say. I'm down!
I'm no gay basher or hater but I choose to pass on men on men scenes too, so if you drop all titles that have those type of scenes then I'm in. A title that pops to mine that was a total surprise was the Alexander movie with Collin Farrel in it a few years back. First GAY scene and I was out of there. And you think they called it an action movie! EEEEH!
ETA. Fixed it for you STU.
I'm not even close to a Colin Farrel fan but that was awful even for him. I got it out of a discount bin, watched about 15 minutes of it, and then it went straight into the 'recycle bin'...
And for folks who have an 'alternative' lifestyle, it would have been action.
Troublco
12-20-2009, 20:08
Clint did sing in paint your wagon.
So the signing in Blazing Saddles, or High Anxeity would be a no go? you should check out the Mel Brooks Movie soundtrack album he put out decades ago.
Don't know about Bruce, never saw Hudson Hawk.
Clint may have sung in "Paint your wagon", but I notice he didn't do it again.
(The Duke was supposedly a 'singing cowboy' when he was getting started in the '30's, but you'll notice THAT didn't continue.
And Blazing Saddles, History of the World, and High Anxiety were NOT musicals, they were comedies. MOVIE comedies.
As for all the ladies in those movies you mentioned, I'm not as interested in almost-naked females from movies made in the '30's. I'm sure they were pretty risque back in the day, but that was then and this is now. Gimme Megan Fox in almost nothing. She might not be the brightest bulb in the box, but if I wanted quality, thoughtful entertainment (Which sometimes I do) I wouldn't be watching a no-brainer action flick full of action, violence, and some nudity and/or adult situations. I LIKE no-brainer action flicks like that sometimes. Quite a few sometimes, because it lets me forget about other things I have to worry about the rest of the time. There are times I want to be entertained without having to figure out a plot, storyline, innuendos, sub-plots, and the like. Those are the times I want action, violence, fistfights, swordfights, gunfights, explosions, Chuck Norris, ass whoopins, car chases, Bruce Willis, robots and/or cyborgs, stunning special effects, hot naked chicks, computer graphics, shooting, hot naked chicks, Arnold, Naval bombardment of anything filled with the enemy by the biggest freakin' battleships we ever had, hot naked chicks, .50 BMG sniper engagements of insurgents at obscenely long ranges, Tom Selleck using a .45-120 for ultra-long range shooting of boneheads who deserved it, and more hot naked chicks.
[Beer]
GreenScoutII
12-20-2009, 20:17
Don't know about Bruce, never saw Hudson Hawk.
Clint may have sung in "Paint your wagon", but I notice he didn't do it again.
(The Duke was supposedly a 'singing cowboy' when he was getting started in the '30's, but you'll notice THAT didn't continue.
And Blazing Saddles, History of the World, and High Anxiety were NOT musicals, they were comedies. MOVIE comedies.
As for all the ladies in those movies you mentioned, I'm not as interested in almost-naked females from movies made in the '30's. I'm sure they were pretty risque back in the day, but that was then and this is now. Gimme Megan Fox in almost nothing. She might not be the brightest bulb in the
box, but if I wanted quality, thoughtful entertainment (Which sometimes I do) I wouldn't be watching a no-brainer action flick full of action, violence, and some nudity and/or adult situations. I LIKE no-brainer action flicks like that sometimes. Quite a few sometimes, because it lets me forget about other things I have to worry about the rest of the time. There are times I want to be entertained without having to figure out a plot, storyline, innuendos, sub-plots, and the like. Those are the times I want action, violence, fistfights, swordfights, gunfights, explosions, Chuck Norris, ass whoopins, car chases, Bruce Willis, robots and/or cyborgs, stunning special effects, hot naked chicks, computer graphics, shooting, hot naked chicks, Arnold, Naval bombardment of anything filled with the enemy by the biggest freakin' battleships we ever had, hot naked chicks, .50 BMG sniper engagements of insurgents at obscenely long ranges, Tom Selleck using a .45-120 for ultra-long range shooting of boneheads who deserved it, and more hot naked chicks.
[Beer]
Troubleco, you may indeed be my long lost brother. Of all my friends here who responded to my origional post, you are the only one who I believe really gets it....
I hope to run into you at a shoot or match one of these days, I'm buying you a beer my friend....[Beer]
Troublco
12-20-2009, 20:29
You know, I am sometimes given cause to wonder about some of the members of the Fraternity of Men. I will say that I believe, strange notions of watching Jimmy Cagney frolicking about on stage aside, most of the guys here can't be too bad because this forum is basically about GUNS. So I figure that at least most of us are card-carrying members of the fraternity, usually.
I just think that some folks get too serious, or lose sight of what's really important. There's no sense in taking life too seriously, you're not gonna get out of it alive anyway! And what's really important? Enjoying life as best you can while you can, and taking care of family and friends during. If watching other men frolicking on stage does that for you, well, I'm really a little concerned but as long as it doesn't involve me I can live with it.
So basically you have:
The Broadway stage production, fancy, hoidy-toidy loving:[Flower]
And the rest of us.[M2][AR15]
And the ones who'll whine about it.[BooHoo]
I'm with you, GreenScoutII. The Second round's on me! [Beer] Let the opera lovers drink their wine coolers....[ROFL1]
Alexander was a lame movie, but it wasn't because of the implied gay scene. We get it, you're a homophobe and your very man-hood and entire reputation would be shot and you'd die alone in the gutter if you watched a movie like that. The Greeks were known for being a bunch of child fucking fags, what did you expect from the movie?
manflix sounds like a winner to me. sign me up for the first free executive membership[Beer]
Troublco
12-20-2009, 22:50
Alexander was a lame movie, but it wasn't because of the implied gay scene. We get it, you're a homophobe and your very man-hood and entire reputation would be shot and you'd die alone in the gutter if you watched a movie like that. The Greeks were known for being a bunch of child fucking fags, what did you expect from the movie?
You're right, it had nothing to do with the gay scene. It was just a really bad attempt at a movie. If you like to watch movies like that (with gay scenes), I believe I mentioned that's up to you and it doesn't bother me. I'm surprised to hear you so testy, actually. Did I inadvertently strike a nerve?
Really, I rather expected swordfights, fistfights, gratuitous violence, blood, and gore with very little in the way of cultural qualities. I was still disappointed. 300, on the other hand, was almost everything I wanted from that sort of a movie.
In reality, the reason I wouldn't watch a movie such as Brokeback Mountain has a lot more to do with my disagreement with promoting that orientation or lifestyle or whatever you choose to call it than it does any homophobic fear or worry that any reputation I might have would be sullied by the mere presence of such a movie in my surroundings. But you're free to think whatever you'd like.
I believe I'm going to watch Boondock Saints (Oh, wait! Willem DaFoe's character is GAY! What will I do?), or maybe Pulp Fiction (Wait, gay rape scene! Can't do that! I'd die in the gutter!). Maybe I'll just stick with Underworld, and watch guys sucking on other guy's necks instead. I'll balance that with a little culture, in the form of my new bottle of Stranahan's.
(In the end, 3:10 to Yuma won.)
I wasn't talking to you Troublco. I was talking to Guntroll, who knee jerks and treats me like I'm some mindless tree hugger every time I disagree with him.
Troublco
12-20-2009, 23:38
I wasn't talking to you Troublco. I was talking to Guntroll, who knee jerks and treats me like I'm some mindless tree hugger every time I disagree with him.
Oh. Darn, I feel like a reasonably well thought out response was wasted. Sounds like Guntroll's name may be well suited.
You certainly don't play the part of the mindless tree hugger well. Not enough baseless emotional tripe in your responses for that.
Hum. Back to the Stranahan's, and 3:10 to Yuma...
GunTroll
12-21-2009, 18:30
Alexander was a lame movie, but it wasn't because of the implied gay scene. We get it, you're a homophobe and your very man-hood and entire reputation would be shot and you'd die alone in the gutter if you watched a movie like that. The Greeks were known for being a bunch of child fucking fags, what did you expect from the movie?
Didn't expect gay scenes! Maybe I should with todays Hollywood. Yesteryears it didn't seem so prevalent. And when they were in movies(gay scenes) it was played out to be , well not so positive. (thinking of Deliverance) On the note about the Greeks, sorry I don't look too much into the history of gay roots. Maybe you do? Just sayin. You are correct on the movie sucking for the part that I did see.
I wasn't talking to you Troublco. I was talking to Guntroll, who knee jerks and treats me like I'm some mindless tree hugger every time I disagree with him.
Hippy! Don't let me get to you. Just playin with you. I don't think your mindless. You know that! First off your on a gun board. Secondly your comments don't stink of patchouli.
Oh. Darn, I feel like a reasonably well thought out response was wasted. Sounds like Guntroll's name may be well suited.
You certainly don't play the part of the mindless tree hugger well. Not enough baseless emotional tripe in your responses for that.
Hum. Back to the Stranahan's, and 3:10 to Yuma...
You know nothing of me. I proudly am a GunTroll!
Now if someone else would just make a response that I can make a knee jerk response to.........
I saw you posted and said out loud, "duh duh duuuuhh!" as I clicked the thread to see your response.
You should be knee jerking in the cockroach thread.
GunTroll
12-21-2009, 18:45
cockroad thread? I'm on it!
Troublco
12-21-2009, 18:58
You know nothing of me. I proudly am a GunTroll!
Now if someone else would just make a response that I can make a knee jerk response to.........
So I was right. Well earned. I do understand that Irving is fun to play with sometimes, though...
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